Golden Polypody
This large shade-loving epiphytic fern is native to the tropical eastern coasts of the Americas and the Caribbean Islands. Going by a variety of common names such as golden polypody, golden serpent fern, cabbage palm fern, gold-foot fern, blue-star fern, hare-foot fern and rabbit's foot fern Phlebodium aureum is commonly grown as a houseplant. This one was found growing at the base of a bald cypress tree deep in the Corkscrew Swamp in Southwest Florida's Collier County between Naples and Fort Myers.
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Corkscrew Swamp, Florida, Phlebodium, Phlebodium aureum, Plantae, Polypodiaceae, Polypodiales, Polypodiineae, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Rabbit's Foot Fern, SW Florida, SWFL, Southwest Florida, Tracheophytes, autumn, blue-star fern, botany, cabbage palm fern, color, epiphyte, epiphytic, evergreen, fall, fern, forb, gold foot fern, gold-foot fern, golden polypody, golden serpent fern, green, hare-foot fern, herb, native, natural, nature, plant, plants, wild
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